BRIGHT SPOT

In D.C.’s Shaw neigh­bor­hood, Re­becca’s or­ga­ni­za­tion, City Blos­soms, turned an empty par­cel of land into a com­mu­nity gath­er­ing space that of­fers free chil­dren’s pro­grams. Col­or­ful hand­made sig­nage and re­cy­cled ma­te­ri­als are hall­marks of the group’s gar­dens.